Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-04
WASHINGTON.
The Minds of the Clerks in the Paten1
Office Agitated by Bit Of Scan
daI to be Investigated.
Weekly List Issued by the Patent Office
Its Little Significance-SeVer8l
Texas Inventions.
Programme for the Reception of Queen
KapioIani at tho National Capital.
The President to Gall on Her.
A WASHINGTON SCANDAL.

A WASHINGTON SCANDAL.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May ga very pretty
piece OF scandal is agitating the minds Of
the clerks in the Interior Department but
more especially in the Patent Office. II
is certainly very disreputable for the
gentleman in the case, and the President
has been called upon to remove the Of
Tending official. Some time ago very
pretty young lady asked for, and through
the influence of friends, obtained posi-
ton as clerk in the Patent Office. After
the appointment was made out, however,
6 gentleman in the office, who is the
brother of prominent official who has
recently retired from government en-
plov, retained it upon his desk for nearly
a week, and then one evening, he took
1t up to the young lady's house and pre-
sented it to her in person. At
the same time he gave her to under
stand that she was indebted to him
for the position to which she had Just
been appointed, and supposed she would
feel some gratitude to him for his efforts
on her part. The young lady admitted
that he had rendered her q great service
and hoped that at some time she might be
able to show her appreciation, and il
some way make some return to him.
"Tne only way in which you can show
YOUR gratitude" said the official, "is to
allow me to become your friend" The
Young lady Immediately became insulted,
and ordered the man to leave the house
With the charactt ristiC preCautiOn OF
Washington young ladies she, however,
took care to retain the appointment. Ga
the following day she wrote a long letter
to Secretary Lamar, in which she told the
whole story of the interview, and how she
had been approached by an Official in
his department.. II is said that the Sec
rotary has taken no notice OF the charge
made by the young lady, but it is more
probable that her letter mas not reached
him. Anyway, the lady could get no sat
istactiOn there, so she sent a full state
ment of the case to the President, whom
she feels sure will see that Justice is done
to the offender. The young lady in the
case is q highly respectable girl and comes
of q firstclass family. 1t is expected
that when this matter is sifted down to
the bottom it will lead to the develop
ment of q very disreputable condition Of
affairs in the Office over which the official
here implicated has immediate charge.
PATENTS AND PATENTEES.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The number Of
inventions which are patented each week
would seem to indicate that the inventive
genius of Americans is still as active as
ever. The weekly list issued by the
Patent Office every Tuesday contains the
names of between 400 and 500 men and
women who think that they have discov-
cred the one device for which the COun-
try has long felt gnawing need. Yet it
is said at the office that not one in five OF
the devices patented ever pay the pat
entee the cost of the fees. 1t is
found that the most successful in
ventions, from financial stand
point, are the comparatively simple af
fairs which can be manufactured at
very small cost. There is scarcely new
device of any kind invented in the pres
ent age. Nearly everything on which the
protection of the patent laws is asked is
in the nature ofan improvement on some
thing which has been devised before.
The issue of patent to one inventor and
the publication of the description of the
invention is certain to bring to the Office
at least one, and often fifty, applications
for patents on improvements on the orig
nal invention.
BEAUTIFYING THE CAPITOL.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May The architect Of
the capitol Is making rapid progress with
the work of improving the east front of
the structure. 1t is thought that by the
time Cong ess reassembles the squatty
appearance which has been the chief
drawback to the architectural design Of
the building will have been overcome and
that the capitol will look as though
another story had been added to its
height. Last week some of the work
men, without consulting the archit ct,
planted q row of eVergreens along the top
of the esplanade. This naturally had an
exceedingly Dad effect and they have been
removed. The Improvement will mate
rally enhance the beauty of the building
and every visitor to Washington will ap
preciate the change.
NAVAL ACADEMY VISITORS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The President
will announce in the next few weeks the
appointments of the seven members
of the Board of Visitors to
the Naval Academy. The Senate
will be represented on the board by Sena-
tors Aldrich and Gray; the house of rep
resentatives by Herbert, Sayers and Gof.
The board-house in the academy grounds
will be ready for the reception of the
board June 3, and the formal reception
of the board is set for 10 o'clock on the
morning of June 4.
TEXAS PATENTS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The following
patents were issued to Texans to-day:
Lothsir Becker, Galveston, machine for
cutting of the soiIed butts of g ain stalks;
W. R. and n. J. Greer.
Kingston, baling press; Fernando
G. Lane and c. P. Atchison, SAID Atchi-
son assigner to said loan, and Lee Abbott,
San Antonio; kitchen cabinet
II. c. Mcdaniel, San Saba,
table; Alex F. McGowrn, Hous-
ton, table: David R. Watson,
Ballenger, bath tub; A. D. Sign, shovel
cleaner, Charles Legler, Willard.
Patents were issued to the following
residents of New Mexico: Samuel N.
Davis, assignor to j. Harvey and